Fountain-pen holder.



F. DE w. BROWN. FOUNTAIN PEN HOLDER. APPLIOATION IILED NOV.27,19'07.

905,789. Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

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FRANK DE WITT BROWN, OF SANDLAKE, NEW YORK.

FOUNTAIN-PEN HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 27, 1907.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

Serial No. 404,057.

To all whom it ma concern:

Be it known t at I, FRANK DE Wrrr BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sandlake, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain- Pen Holders,of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements and consists of the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described andsubsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the referencecharacters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figurestherein.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a view in perspective of my improvedfountain pen holder. Fig. 2 is a similar View seen from a difierentposition. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the same shown attachedto a garment and supportin a fountain pen, with a shield carried by theliolder interposed between the pen and the garment. Fig. 4 is a frontview of the holder showing same attached to the shield.

The princi al object of the invention is to provide a ho der forfountain pens whereby the cap and body of the pen will be separatelysupported in their proper relative positions.

Other objects of the invention will appear in connection with thefollowing descri tion.

Referring to the drawings wherein t e invention is shown in preferredform, my improved holder com rises a single piece of wire, one end of wich is in the form of a in, 1, and the other end in the form of a Book,2, to receive the pointed end of the in, while the intermediate ortionis bent to form an upper loop, 3, an a lower loop or loops, 4, connectedwith the u per loop, 3, by a vertical bar 5. The lower oop or loops, 4,are of a size ada ted to receive and closely embrace the barrel or body,6, of a fountain pen, while the upper loop, 3, is of a size adapted toreceive and closely embrace the cap, 7, of said en, whereby when afountain pen is inserted in the holder its barrel and cap will beseparately supported by the respective loops, 3 and 4, in their properrelatwo positions, so that accidental displacement of the cap from thebody of the pen will be prevented.

The pin, 1, is adapted to be inserted in a garment, as a ladys waist,'or the lining of a vest-pocket, or a mans coat, and to be securedthereto by the interlocking of the pointed end of the pin with the hook2. In Fig. 3 the holder is shown thus attached to a garment 8.

To insert the pen within the holder the pen is forced downwardly, barrelfirst, through the upper loop, 3, and then partly through the lower loopor loops 4. The pen can be removed by pushing upwardly on the lower endof the barrel until the pen is forced up out of the holder.

The respective loops, 3 and 4, are made of diameters to closely fit therespective parts of the pen, and where the parts of the pen are ofdifierent diameters the respective looIps will vary correspondingly indiameter.

prefer to have the bend, 9, which connects the loop, 3, with thevertical bar, 5, overlie the bend, 10, which connects the loop, 3, withthe pin, 1, whereby the loo 3, is better adapted to resist the downwarthrust of the pen and prevent the same from being transmitted throughthe bar, 5, to the hook, 2, to displace the same downwardly.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the wire of the several loops covered withyielding material, 11, which is preferably in the form of rubber tubingof small diameter threaded upon the wire of the respective loops. Bythus covering the wire of the loo s I am able to more securely hold thepen without danger of marring or scratching the surface of either thebarrel or the cap.

While I have described my invention as a holder for fountain pens it isalso adapted for holding pencils or similar articles.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown with my improved holder a shield, 12,which may be made of a sheet of rubber, leather, or other imperviousmaterial, which shield is mounted upon the pin portion of the holder inposition to be interposed between the garment of the wearer and thefountain pen so as to protect the garment from being soiled by con tacttherewith of a soiled pen or pencil, or the point of a encil.

The needle is made longer than the combined lengths of the bar andloops, and is connected with the upper loop by a comparatively sharpbend, in which bend are situated the shield-and-garment-connections, asshown in Fig. 3. By this construction the length and amount ofelasticity of the pin and the loop connection is increased without theuse of an intermediate coil. It is also provided that the shield can beapplied by simply entering the needle therein, as shown.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. Afountain pen holder comprising a single piece of wire terminating at oneend in a in to be attached to a garment and at the ot ier end in a hookto receive the pointed end of said pin, and having intermediate ortionsof the wire bent to form an upper oop and a lower loop, a vertical bar 5between said loops, the bar connecting with a part of the loop passingover another part, and the in connecting with the loop under the baroopconnection by means of a loop-extension beyond the main part of theloop, the pin being longer than the combined lengths of the loops andbar.

2. A fountain pen holder comprising a single piece of wire terminatingat one end in a in to be attached to a garment and at the ot 1er end ina hook to receive the pointed end of the pin, and having intermediateportions of the wire bent to form an upper loop and a lower loop, avertical bar 5 between said loops, the bar connecting with a part of theloop passing over another part and the in connecting with the loop underthe baroop-connection by means of a loop-extension beyond the main partof the loop, the pin being longer than the combined lengths of the loopsand the'bar, and a shield held between said extension and pin andsituated between the pin and bar.

3. A fountain pen holder comprising a single piece of wire terminatingat one end in a pin adapted to be attached to a garment and at the otherend in a hook adapted to receive the pointed end of said pin, and havingintermediate portions of the wire bent to form an upper loop and a lowerloop, and a vertical bar 5 connecting said loo s, in combination with ashield between t e bar and pin and supported thereby, the upper point ofattachment of the shield to the pin being at a bend whereby the pin andadjacent upper coil are joined.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day ofNovember, 1907.

FRANK DE WITT BROWVN.

Witnesses:

E. M. OREILLY, J. DONSBACH.

